Ice-cream-cone machine.



S. HOSHIDE.

lCE CREAM CONE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-Z2 191a Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY S. HOSHIDE. we can cone MACHINE.

APPLICA'YIOII FILED 606.22. 918

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

2 SHEEIS -SHHI 2- ATTORNEY SEIJIRO HOSHIDE, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

ICE-CREAM-CONE MACHINE.

Application filed August 22, 1918.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEIJIRO Hosanna, subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice Cream Cone Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus by which ice-cream cones or the like are formed and cooked.

The object of my invention is the improve ment in apparatus of this character to render it more simple and inexpensive in construction and more eflicient and economical in operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in v-iew,itheinvention consists in the novel arran Inent and-combination of parts hereina tir specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view with parts omitted and showing a mold cover plate in its elevated position. Fig. 3 isa detail sectional view taken substantially through 3-3 of Fig. 1 to illustrate the batter' supply appliances. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a pair of gas burner devices. Fig. 5 is'a front elevational view of alatch for releasably connecting a pair of molid Blocks. i

In saiddrawings, the reference numeral lfldasignates' an upright tubular post comprising a plurality of pipe elements 10?, 10 and 10*, the adjacent ones being connected. by a T-fittin 11 and coupling elementsm and12 Sai coupling elements aresecuredin spaced relations by lock nuts 13 and 13 engaging screw threads provided 'in the respective pipes.

'Rotatahly mounted on the post 10 between the lock nuts 13 is a hub M to which are rigidly secured horiaontal radially disposedfbrackets- 15 having secured totheouter end. at each a rectangular sha ed block, such ch16. Hingedly cohnected y pins 17 to lugs 15 provided at the opposite sides of a liraclmti ane arms 18 carrying block ele' iuents; 19 adapted to be brought into juxtaposition with the side faces 16 of the assoeiatedbleck 1G and against which theblook elements 492' releasably held by Specification of Letters Patent.

' is provided adjacent to its outer en Patented Apr. 22, 1919. Serial No. 250,950.

means of a latch 20 connecting the handle bars 18 provided on said arms.

The inner and outer blocks 16 and 19 constitute the molds of the apparatus, being formed in their adjacent sides with complementary recesses 21 which, upon being brought together, afi'ord conical cavities in him the cones are shaped.

Provided for the respective mold cavities are conical cores or formers 22 dependin from a cover plate 23, one for each set 0 blocks, said plate being hingedly connected for vertical movements by a pin 24 to the upper end of a swivel bolt 25 which extends through the respective bracket 15. By means of such connections, a cover plate is adapted for both vertical and horizontal swinging movements.

The cover plates are provided with handle arms 26 whereby the movements of the plates relative to the respective molds are conveniently effected.

27 represents a rod connected to a support 28 provided on a cap 28 screwed on the upper end of the post pipe-element 10. Said rod extends radially from the 0st and with a notch 27 in which the cover plate handles 26 may be successively engaged for temporarily retaining a cover plate in the elevated position in which it is represented in Fig. 2.

Included in the invention are means for supplying batter to the formers 'tobe conveyed thereby into the molds for cooking. To these ends, a batter reservoir on receptacle 29 (Figs. 1 and. 3) located at a higher elevation than the molds, is provided with an outlet spout 29 which is controlled by a valve 30 yieldingly held on its seat at the top of said spout by means of a spring 31 interposed between said valve and a guide 32 for the valve stem.

33 represents a dip pan supported upon a tray 34 secured to the upper end of-a bar 35 arranged for vertical movements in a hollow standard 36. Said bar is elevated by means-of a foot lever 37 fulcrumed at 38 and! is lowered by 'gnavity when foot pressure isremoved from the lever.

The dip pan.33 is connected by an inclined conduit 33 with a cup 39 disposed to receive the spout 29 of said reservoir when the cup is raised with the dip an into the respective positions in which t ey are rep. resented by fullrlincsin-Figfi; ,fiaid cup also accommodates a flotativc body i suspended by a cord 41 from a lever 42, fulcrumed at 43 to a support provided on the reservoir, said lever being connected by a 5 cord 44 with the stem 30 of the valve 30.

The surfaces of the batter in the dip pan 33 and cup 39 are in the same horizontal plane. The body 40 when floating in the batter exercises no power to open the valve 30; but when unsupported, the weight of said body will assert itself to overcome the power of the spring 31 and effect the opening of the valve to supply batter to the cup and communicating dip pan.

This will occur when the cup is at its lowermost position, the cord 41 being of sufiicient length to accommodate the vertical movements of the cup.

Heat for cooking the batter is applied directly above and below the cover plates and blocks of the respective molds at the positions B, C, D and E, Whereat the latter are stopped in their revolublc movements for the purpose of removing from one set of molds,

when at station A, the cones cooked therein, and in su plying batter to such set of molds.

For sue heating 1 provide at the referredto stopping positions (B, C, D, E), duplex burners above and below the molds, said burners comprising pairs of parallel horizontall disposed pipe elements 45, 45 connected y fittings 46 with pipes 47 which are connected to the non-rotatable couplings 12,

12 by being screwed into threaded holes 48 of the same;

Fuel gas is delivered to the interior of post 10 through fittin 11 and pipe 11 leading from a source 0 gas supply. The burner elements 45 and 45 above and below the orbital path of the molds are respectively provided in their under and upper sides with orifices through which the gas issues to be consumedin proximity to the several molds when they'are at or adjacent to their several Ste ing'positions.

K r en a mold-has completed a cycle of revolution by a series of intermittent movements, it is stop ed at A (Fig. 1) and its cover plate 23 is raised to withdraw the 60 formers 22 thereof from the referred to mold. The' cover plate is, preferably, held in such elevated position by engaging its handle 26 inthe notch 27 0f rod 27, as shown in Fig. 2.

The-latch 20 is then disengaged, whereupon the operator swings outwardly by means of handles 18 the arms 18, thereb separating the mold blocks 19 from the bloc 16 With a mold thus opened, the cones will usually drop out: Should any fail to do s9; the operator releases the same by pushing them with his fingers from the part of the moldto which they adhere. The mold parts are then brought into closed relations 06 and fastened bythe latch 20.

The operator now disengages the cover late from rod 27 and swings it laterally lnto the position denoted by F in Fig. 1, and then lowers it to cause the formers 22 to be partly immersed in the batter contained in pan 33 which has previously been elevated from its dotted line position into its full line position, as shown in Fig. 3.

The cover-plate is then raised by the op erator to withdraw the formers from the pan with a charge of batter adhering to each former, and thus supplied the latter are restored to their operative positions in the mold b suitably manipulating the cover plate. l'Vith the cover plate in closed position the mold is given a revoluble n'iovenient to take it into the B position thereby causing the mold froin the E position to be brought into the A position where the cooked cones are removed and charges of batter supplied for the production of cones; and so on, each, mold is treated and subjected to a halter-cooking heat.

What I claim. is-

1. In apparatus of the class described, a separable mold, a cover plate therefor, formers carried by said plate, a vertically movable batter-containing pan disposed at one side of the mold, and normally retained at a lower elevation than the latter, pedal-actuated devices for raising said pan, and means for connecting said plate to the mold whereby vertical and lateral horizontal movements are afforded the plate for carrying the formers into operative positions within the mold and into positions where-at said formers will be partially immersed'in the batter by the elevation of said pan through the medium of said devices.

2. In apparatus of the class described, a mold having a plurality of molding cavities, said mold consistin of a central block, and a side block hinge 1y connected at one end by a vertical pivot to each side ofthecentr'al block for horizontal swingin movement whereby articles cooked wit in: the mold may drop therefrom when said side blocks are swung away from said central block, means for releasably securin said blocks inoperative relations, a plura'ity of formers for the respectivemold eavities,-a cover plate to which said formers are se cured, and means for hingedly connecting said plate to the mold to afford both horizontal a'nd'vertical swingin movements to the plate relative to the mold.

3. In apparatus of the class described, a revoluble' support, a mold having a plurality of cavities and comprising a. central block, and side block's, said central block being idly secured to said support and the side blocks being hingedly connected to the support to close againstsaid central block, formem for the mold cavities, a cover plate carryingsaid fonners, a bolt journaled-insaid 130 support for rotation about a vertical axis,

and means to hingedly connect said plate to the bolt about a horizontal axis.

i. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a separable mold, a cover plate connected thereto for relative vertical and horizontal movements, and formers depending from said plate, of a batter-containing pan, a cup communieatively connected therewith, means to efl'ect coincident vertical movements to said pan and cup, a batter reservoir having a discharge opening, a spring-closing valve for said opening, and means rendered operable to open said valve by the lowering of said pan and cup to replenish the same with batter.

5. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with a post, a hub mounted for rotation on said post, brackets secured to said hub, a mold carried by each of said brackets, one of the parts of each mold being rigidly secured to the respective bracket, and complementary mold parts hingedly connected for relative horizontal movements to said brackets, of cover plates hingedly connected for both vertical and horizontal movements to the respective brackets, adipping pan, means to supply batter to said pan, formers depending from said plates and adapted to be carried thereby into position for immersion in the dipplng pan or into cooperation with the respective molds,

and means to heat the molds at selected positions into which said molds are successively brought by the intermittent rotation of said hub.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 8th day of August, 1918.

SEIJIRO HOSHIDE. Witnesses:

PIERRE BARNES, E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

